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JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2024 EVENTS

Below schedule is subject to change without advance notice.

JAN:      1st       Shusho-E   10 am   Facebook Live

              2 - 4    Temple closed

              9th      Board Meeting   7 pm

              15th    Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Temple closed

              28th    Monthly Service & Memorial   10 am   Facebook Live

                          Annual Temple Members General Meeting   11 am

                          New Year’s Party    12:30 pm

FEB:       4th      Setsubun-E (Bean-Throwing Ceremony)   11:00 am

              13th    Directors’ Meeting   6:30 pm

              17th    Baika Lecture

              18th    Fujinkai Meeting  10 am

                          Nehan-E & Monthly Service & Memorial   11 am   Facebook Live

              19th    Presidents’ Day - Temple closed

THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY VIDEO

Thank you everyone for celebrating the 100th anniversary with us. The event was very successful and we had many guests at the banquet. Here is the video we screened at the banquet created by Kevin Hudnell. Please enjoy!

100th Anniversary Video
at Banquet

SERVICE VIDEOS

You can watch our services on videos on Zenshuji Facebook. Services are held in person and via Facebook Live. Go to Zenshuji Facebook for the video of the latest service.

Happy New Year!

Thank you very much for all your support to Zenshuji last year for the 100th Anniversary events which were very successful and well attended. We wish you a wonderful and healthy new year! And thank you for continuous support for Zenshuji.

SETSUBUN - Bean Throwing Ceremony

Setsubun service on Feb 4th is to celebrate the changing of the Winter Season to the Spring Season.  In the homes, a ‘mame-maki’ or bean throwing ceremony is held to drive out the evil spirits.  The beans are thrown and meant to pierce the devil’s eyes.  

Darumas are sold at the Setsubun Service as a symbol of Good Luck.  On the back side a message is written such as Good Family Health, Successful Business, etc. and the Darumas are blessed and taken home.  Come early to purchase and have your Daruma message blessed. Also fund-raiser raffles will follow the service. Raffle tickets are $20.00 donation per book or $2.00 donation per ticket, 10 tickets per book.

If you were born in the year of the Dragon and would like to be a bean thrower on stage, wearing Kamishimo (Japanese traditional costume) or without, please call the temple at (213)624-8658.

2024 Membership Form　年会費書

Setsubun Raffles

Setsubun
Bean-Throwers